City Centre goes wi-fi

Claiming to be the first mall in the State offering wi-fi for shoppers, City Centre Mall in the city inaugurated the wireless internet facility on Saturday.

The hotspot is in a tie up with Bharati Airtel. Saurabh Goel, Chief Operating Officer of Bharati Airtel Karnataka, said: “Mangalore is now a wi-fi city, and soon this will be replicated in Udupi and Manipal.” He said that the secure network followed the framework of TRAI guidelines and regulations. The maximum internet speed is 2 MBPS. .